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Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot / Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.

Chapter 4: SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS
By Richard Cannon
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This regimental history compiles the origin, organization, and deployments of the Fifty-sixth (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, describing its stations, campaigns, battles, sieges, and notable actions; it records casualties, awards, captured colours, and granted badges, and includes lists of officers and non-commissioned men distinguished in service. Prefatory material explains the aims and procedures for assembling official records; biographical notices of colonels and other officers, chronological service summaries, and appendices of orders, honors, and documentary extracts accompany operational narrative and administrative details.

SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS

OF THE

FIFTY-SIXTH, OR WEST ESSEX, REGIMENT OF FOOT.

Names. Dates of
Appointment.		 Date of Removal, &c.
Peter Parr Dec.  26, 1755 Removed to Fourth Foot, June 30, 1760.
John Doyne June 30, 1760 Retired February 20, 1762.
James Stewart. Feb. 20, 1762 Died September 1, 1762.
Alexander Monypenny Sep. 1, 1762 Retired October 3, 1776.
John Caulfield Oct. 3, 1776 Retired November 6, 1778.
Henry Johnson Nov. 6, 1778 Removed to Seventeenth Foot in 1778.
Peter Craig Jan. 9, 1779 Removed to Sixty-second Foot, November 25, 1799.
William Earle Bulwer Sep. 1, 1795 Placed on half-pay, November 18, 1795.
John Whitwell Nov. 18, 1795 Died in 1796.
Thomas Picton May 1, 1796 Promoted to the colonelcy of Seventy-seventh Foot, October 15, 1811.
P. K. Skinner Dec. 11, 1799 Removed July 25, 1814.
Samuel Keating Aug. 1, 1804 Promoted to Bourbon regiment, March 5, 1812.
Fletcher Barclay June 27, 1811 Retired April 26, 1831.
Boyle Travers Jan. 2, 1812 Removed July 25, 1814.
Nigel Kingscote Oct 17, 1811 Placed on half-pay, December 25, 1818.
J. Frederick Brown March 5, 1812 Exchanged to Twenty-eighth Foot, May 9, 1816, with Sir Charles Belson.
Henry Sullivan July 1, 1813 Placed on half-pay, on the reduction of second battalion, on September 6, 1817.
John William Mallet Nov. 6, 1813 Placed on half-pay, December 25, 1814, on the reduction.
Sir Charles P. Belson, K.C.B. May 9, 1816 Placed on half-pay, on September 6, 1817, on the reduction of second battalion.
H. H. Prichard April 26, 1831 Retired May 20, 1836.
G. M. Eden May 20, 1836 Removed to Scots Fusilier Guards, on July 5, 1839.
Robert O’Hara July 5, 1839 Exchanged to the Eighty-eighth on August 16, 1839, with Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Eden.
William Hassel Eden Aug. 16, 1839 At present in command.